Quotes about Survival
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
— CS Lewis
Most adults have forgotten what they had to do to survive childhood.
— Mark Vonnegut
Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
ugly, jagged scar that ran from the corner of his eye to his hairline just above his ear. He was glad he had it. A lifelong reminder of that awful day thirteen years ago and this treacherous cavern. He'd grown up fast. A breeze coming down across the
— Mary Connealy
One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well, to kill emotion. I don't think I shall ever feel anything again except fear. None of us can hate anymore - or love.
— Graham Greene
For every struggle that Joe survived, For every dispute he endured, to rise, Joe will go down in history as a model for champions to come. While Frazier was a man of few words, Ali was a world of mouth, but he found his place in history. Now his heart can express him well. Joe Frazier was a silent warrior, whom Ali silently admired. One could not rise without the other.
— Muhammad Ali
He who hits and runs away, lives to fight another day.
— Muhammad Ali
People who have been starved of water for a long time will drink anything, even if it is polluted.
— NT Wright
natural selection may be able to explain the survival of a species, but it cannot explain the arrival of a species.
— Norman Geisler
Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.
— Octavia Butler
Drowning people sometimes die fighting their rescuers.
— Octavia Butler
He saw it. Not in front, or behind him, just somewhere out in the darkness. It was huge and powerful. The whiteness of its fur gleamed in the light of the snow. 'Wolf, in the name of the Polish border I beg you to spare my life,' he said into the darkness. The wolf stopped behind him, wondering.
— Olga Tokarczuk